About US Airways Center

In 1968, when approached with the idea of starting a franchise in Phoenix, then-NBA commissioner Walter Kennedy responded, "You must be crazy." Crazy or not, the Suns soon became the city's first major professional sports franchise, and in 1970, the team made its first playoff appearance, losing to the Lakers in a matchup that has since ignited one of the league's most heated rivalries. Today, after about 30 postseason berths and dozens of superstar tumbleweeds, the Suns continue to chase their first championship inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena—an 18,000-seat arena opened in 1992 that features an array of modern amenities and a glass façade that gleams in the desert sun.